05-10-2023, 07:03 AM
There use to be the fisherperson and the buyer . Now there are 2 people before you get to the broker to take fish to the USA . When Trump got in the fish wars with China then he wanted to ( and did ) sell ( give ) US fish to Canada and to sell them like they were caught in Canadian quota's . So now the lobsters in the US are controlled by McDonald's investments which translates into if you don't do this Canada , then you are going to have a hard time getting wood into the US . This is what the " foreign " interference breaks down to .CONTROL !!!! China is our biggest buyer and by the nod of some one's head we have fish we can't sell to them , McDonald's BUY THEM BACK !!!! at whatever low price they want BUT !!!!!! the buyers in the stores see no reduction in their price . PHEW !!! only CBB could tell this better . If your not in it you don't see where the history of cheap fish at the wharf translates into high prices at the stores . The government of Canada bought the 3rd largest buyer of fish in the world and gave it to the Indiduos ( sp ) business so we have that to deal with .